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The Grand Chess Tour Superbet Chess Classic Romania took place in Bucharest 7th to 16th May 2025. Players: D Gukesh, Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, R Praggnanandhaa, Alireza Firouzja, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Krzysztof Duda Jan, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Daniel Deac Bogdan.

Praggnanandhaa won the tournament but only after a tie-break blitz against MVL and Firouzja. Praggnanandhaa drew his final round game allowing first MVL and then Firouzja to catch him but he won the third and final game of the blitz tie-break to win the event. This is Praggnanandhaa's second major title of the year after he won Tata Steel following a tie-break at the start of February.

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Superbet ROM Classic 2025 Bucharest (ROU), 7-17 v 2025															cat. XX (2748)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Praggnanandhaa, R	g	IND	2758	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	5½	2826
2.	Firouzja, Alireza	g	FRA	2757	½	*	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	½	5½	2826
3.	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	g	FRA	2723	½	0	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	5½	2830
4.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	USA	2776	½	1	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	5	2787
5.	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	g	UZB	2771	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	4½	2745
6.	Aronian, Levon	g	USA	2747	½	½	½	½	½	*	0	0	½	1	4	2704
7.	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	g	ROU	2668	½	0	½	½	½	1	*	½	0	½	4	2713
8.	Gukesh, D	g	IND	2787	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	*	½	½	4	2700
9.	So, Wesley	g	USA	2751	0	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	*	½	4	2704
10.	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	g	POL	2739	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	*	3	2623

Round 1 (May 7, 2025)
Firouzja, Alireza	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	51	B40	Sicilian Classical
Aronian, Levon	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	36	A15	English counter King's Fianchetto
Gukesh, D	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	35	D21	QGA
So, Wesley	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1-0	40	A21	English Opening
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	73	B40	Sicilian Classical
Round 2 (May 8, 2025)
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- So, Wesley	1-0	73	C80	Ruy Lopez Open
Caruana, Fabiano	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	50	A21	English Opening
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Gukesh, D	½-½	56	C50	Giuoco Piano
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Aronian, Levon	1-0	81	E52	Nimzo Indian
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	55	E45	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 3 (May 9, 2025)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	1-0	61	D91	Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Firouzja, Alireza	- Caruana, Fabiano	0-1	73	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Aronian, Levon	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	48	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Gukesh, D	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	63	A06	Zukertort Opening
So, Wesley	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	½-½	35	E54	Nimzo Indian
Round 4 (May 10, 2025)
Firouzja, Alireza	- So, Wesley	½-½	41	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Gukesh, D	1-0	31	C45	Scotch Game
Caruana, Fabiano	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	23	A14	Reti Opening
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	35	D38	QGD Ragozin
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Aronian, Levon	0-1	40	C58	Two Knights Defence
Round 5 (May 11, 2025)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	45	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	57	A20	English Opening
Aronian, Levon	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	58	B47	Sicilian Paulsen
Gukesh, D	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	½-½	49	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
So, Wesley	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	64	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Round 6 (May 13, 2025)
Firouzja, Alireza	- Gukesh, D	1-0	69	C53	Giuoco Piano
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	10	B38	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Caruana, Fabiano	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	74	C26	Vienna Game
So, Wesley	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	26	D35	QGD Exchange
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Praggnanandhaa, R	½-½	32	A35	English Symmetrical
Round 7 (May 14, 2025)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Firouzja, Alireza	½-½	40	A33	English Symmetrical
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	1-0	49	D05	Colle System
Aronian, Levon	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	25	D39	QGD Ragozin
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	27	A35	English Symmetrical
Gukesh, D	- So, Wesley	½-½	37	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 8 (May 15, 2025)
Firouzja, Alireza	- Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	½-½	63	B38	Sicilian Maroczy Bind
Caruana, Fabiano	- Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	50	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Aronian, Levon	- Gukesh, D	0-1	44	C85	Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence
So, Wesley	- Praggnanandhaa, R	0-1	38	A57	Volga Gambit
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	- Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	½-½	53	C47	Four Knights
Round 9 (May 16, 2025)
Praggnanandhaa, R	- Aronian, Levon	½-½	43	C07	French Tarrasch
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	- Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	1-0	44	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	- So, Wesley	½-½	65	A37	English Symmetrical
Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	- Firouzja, Alireza	0-1	54	E91	King's Indian Classical
Gukesh, D	- Caruana, Fabiano	½-½	45	A05	Various

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Superbet Classic TB 2025 Bucharest ROU Fri 16th May 2025 - Fri 16th May 2025 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	3	Praggnanandhaa, R	IND	2717	1.5	0
2	2	Firouzja, Alireza	FRA	2857	1	0
3	1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	FRA	2748	0.5	0
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